Sayed Ahmed
Bangladesh University, Bangladesh
Biography
Sayed Ahmed is a Bangladeshi practicing architect, academician and social activist. He studied architecture from the first science and technology university of that country, SUST; Sylhet. He is now a lecturer in the department of architecture, Bangladesh University, Dhaka; where he conducts art appreciation courses, design classes and seminars and also researches as a free scholar. He specializes cultural studies, philosophy of art and architectural history. Throughout his student life; he was engaged in different extra-curricular activities and valued culture as means to Bangladesh’s socio-cultural and architectural sphere of encouragement within South Asia. As a result; he is spending most of his time on researches like this (as architecture is not aloof from art) to find out Bengal’s own identity which may appear unique in the field of art and architecture. He has published articles on architecture and art from several journals around the globe which includes countries like India, China, UK, USA, Australia, Nigeria and Indonesia. His recent study published from Australia about the Maxims of Khona and its impact over vernacular architectural practice in Bangladesh